Chronicles of Oklahoma

Article provides an introduction to and includes a letter from Patrick J. Hurley to his friend, former President Herbert Hoover. An ambassador to China, he resigned believing in a pro-communist conspiracy within the United States State Department, and his political views are expressed here

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Article explores Gerald L. K. Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. In the mid-twentieth century, Gerald L. K. Smith became well-known for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism